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 Kalyani Gerdau Steels Limited is an integrated steel plant located at Tadipatri in the District Ananthpur, State of Andhra Pradesh, India with an installed capacity of 275000 Metric tons per annum. The plant consists of iron and steel making facilities and follows steel making through BF – BOF – LRF - CCM route.

Now it is part of a joint venture between the Kalyani Group of India and the Gerdau Group of Brazil.

The company is proposing to enhance the production capacity to one million tones of steel per annum. The proposed expansion plan includes setting up of a new blast furnace, sinter plant, steel melting shop, rolling mills for Rebar and SBQ steel, coke oven plant, oxygen plant, captive power plant and other facilities required for an integrated steel plant. The proposed expansion along with the existing facilities would enable production of value added steel catering to needs of the automotive and civil construction industry, covering a broad range of special bar quality (SBQ) and construction steel products.


 The Kalyani Group is one of the leading Industrial Houses in India, having diverse business interests in Engineering Steel, Forgings, Auto Components, Non Conventional Energy & Specialty Chemicals. The Group’s Annual Turnover is over USD 2.1 billion and has joint ventures with some of the world leaders such as ArvinMeritor, USA, Carpenter Technology Corporation, USA, Hayes Lemmerz, USA, FAW Corporation, and China etc. Bharat Forge Limited, the flagship company of the group is the second largest forging company in the world and the largest domestic player with a share of 80% in axle components and engine components.


 The Gerdau Group is a Brazilian steel company that is currently the 15th largest international steel producer. In 2006 it reported production of 15.6 million metric tons and gross revenue of R$ 27.5 billion. It has 32,000 employees and is present in twelve countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Spain, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela.